Power On! Bringing Geometry into the Classroom with Videodisc Technology

1994 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-233
Author(s):  
Linda Zech ◽  
Nancy J. Vye ◽  
John D. Bransford ◽  
Jeff Swink ◽  
Cynthia Mayfield-Stewart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
The World ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Videodisc Technology

Geometry is derived from two greek words that literally mean “earth measure.” Its roots reveal the origination of geometry as a study of the measure and relationship of elements of the world. Geometry as a study of the world is also recommended for middle school students (Geddes 1992. 2, 7).

Get Your Head in the Game

2013 ◽  
pp. 228-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Herrig
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Technology Education ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Digital Game ◽  
Seventh Grade ◽  
School Students ◽  
Introductory Programming ◽  
The World ◽  
Game Environment

This chapter discusses the development and implementation of an introductory programming unit within a seventh grade technology education course. The goal of this unit was to introduce the concepts of programming to middle school students in a way that was accessible and unintimidating. Digital games provide an inherent level of engagement not present in other programming activities, and the digital game environment provides a safe platform for experimentation without concern for safety or equipment. The curriculum described in this chapter provides many practical examples of how digital games can be incorporated into a technology education classroom to engage students in the world of programming.

Techland

2019 ◽  
pp. 761-780
Author(s):  
Michelina Occhioni
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Abstract Concepts ◽  
School Students ◽  
The World ◽  
Learning Sets

This work describes Techland, an OpenSim-based VW developed and owned by the author for educational purposes for middle school students. Techland is a group of islands focused on math, and science, where explore various approaches to VW, in different and mutually not exclusive learning sets and degrees of immersion. The main objectives are to simplify abstract concepts by using scripted 3D learning objects and to engage students offering a way to go beyond the classroom as the only learning environment. So Techland can be considered a giant 3D book. Activities range from viewing the contents of the world on an IWB, as a support for the teacher's lesson, to logging on the student's avatars into the world for exploration, producing machinima videos and collaborating together. Most islands are public access and reachable from other similar virtual worlds by the HG system, so other schools could take advantage from its contents or they could share projects. Techland has got the proper requirements to will become a meeting place between students and teachers who want to find new approaches to scientific matters.

Exploring the World Using Proportional Reasoning: If Our Classroom Were the World

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-115
Author(s):  
Stacy Reeder
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Proportional Reasoning ◽  
Population Data ◽  
School Students ◽  
The World

Eager to understand their world, students can really engage when population data are introduced in the classroom. The lesson presented in this article was inspired by the book If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People (Smith 2011), which presents a great deal of data in a concise form that middle school students typically find interesting, engaging, and, most often, surprising.

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